The LaSallianA few months ago, a friend from high school who studied at a different university came to visit DLSU. It was probably the third or fourth time for him to visit over the past year, so I didn’t think it was such a special occasion, unlike when friends from abroad or those whom I rarely…
As defined by major dictionaries, short attention span describes a person or an entity’s ability to focus on one particular thing for a small period of time. An example would be major media channels in the Philippines who shifted their focus from issues such as senator’s plunder charges to cases of celebrity harassment. Sensationalism, on…
More than half a year has passed since Filipinos from all walks of life, from labor unions to government agencies to indigenous groups to college students, marched to Luneta to clamor against the misuse of public discretionary funds. The so-called Million People March was a statement of dismay from the informed public; that day witnessed…
More than a year after the extension of the temporary restraining order on the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, otherwise known as RA 10175, protesters to the law are gearing up for one more rally against the act on Tuesday, the anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution. While the Cybercrime Prevention Act does have…
Politics is a word that people may have many mixed definitions of, but ultimately it is a reference to citizens and how they influence each other. More importantly, it is about how governance is achieved and maintained, and the process surrounding the attainment of this governance. At the national level, politics is an object of…
In 2012, Edgardo Pamintuan, Mayor of Angeles City, Pampanga, was ranked eighth in the annual World Mayor rankings. This came as a call for pride for Angeleños and even more so Kapampangans. Even Oscar Rodriguez, mayor of the City of San Fernando, also lauded Pamintuan with his honor, calling it, “another feather in the cap…
Recently, 31 government-owned or controlled corporations (GOCCs) have been reported to be giving illegal bonuses to their employees in 2012. The total amount of the bonuses that were simply just as lavishly given was Php 2.313 billion. Reports range from the bonuses being approved by the regulatory commission, the Government Commission for GOCCs (GCG), to…
One: You are not your failures. Two: You are not your awards. Three: You are more than your name. A friend had whispered this in my ear nearly three years ago, and it has stayed with me ever since. I have turned her words over and over in my head so much that I started…
More than a month ago, the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines granted DLSU a PAASCU level IV institutional accreditation after maintaining more than 75 percent of its academic programs at level III for more 10 years, while exemplifying the highest standards of research, teaching and learning, community service and contribution to economic and…
Nowadays news and information about pretty much anything seems like a simple click away provided that you have a stable connection to the internet and a piece of technology that will provide the required function. However convenient that may seem to you and me, a simple predicament which seems to plague the users and readers…
